Infant-napkin protector



. INFANT NAPKIN PROTECTOR Filed Jan. 19, 1.927

wlTNEssE ATTORNEY BY WM,

atented Aug. 7, 1928.

FLO E. BHAFEB, OF ALBANY, NEW Yoan:

t 1 ANT-NAP PROTECTGR.

Application filed January 19, 1927. aerial No. 16a,

apart, giving the appearance of being bowed.l

This formation requires a greater fullness in that portion of the protector which passes between the infants legs. The present invention therefore, provides a protector which by maintain its legs in their normall flexed and spread apart position, and which rmits freedom of movement ofthe limbs, at the same time affording a more effective surface which is impervious to moisture. l

Still another object in view is the provision of a protector having its body formed of a unitary structure and providlng when worn by the infant a baggy or pocket formation between theJlateral side edges thereof in the crotch section which aords almost complete protection from the passage of moisture and allows the nether arment to be ventilated by the passage o fresh air through the openings at the lateral ed es to he pocket formation between the in ants gStillother objects reside in the novel features of construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described.

The inventionis illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 isl a view showing the protector applied to an infant and covering the usual dia er;

ig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the protector showing a cross section on line 2-2 of Fig. 3, and

. Fig. -3 is aplan view of the protectoi` when spread out.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the protector showing the baggy formation of the body thereof.

The usual infants protector consists of a main body portion suitably cut out to fit around the legs of the infant, or, is a pantsl like structure sewed together to provide leg openings therein. Such protectors are complicated in form, diicult to wash, and do not its form permits the infant to provide the freedom required for the movement of the infants le s. On the other hand, t e protector 1, shown in the accompanying drawings, is without the usual leg openings and instead of being cut out in the crotch section to fit around the legs of the infant it is made relatively wider in this section to provide for the peculiar spread-apart formation of the infants legs, and to produce a baggy formation or pocket in this portion of the garment.

'lhe protector 1 is preferably formed of a umtary body 2 of water-proof material of substantially rectangular form but which is wider at the center than at the ends thereof. The protector may be cut to this form or it may be provided with folds in the ends 4, as shown in Fig. 3. These folds are preferably formed by doubling the material at the ends and securing the same by a line of stitching 5.

Produced in this manner'the protector, Aas shown in Fig. 3, will have longitudinal side edges 6 gradually widening from the ends to the center thereof forming oppositely disposed and oval side edges when spread out in plan view. However, when the protector is held at the ends, the side edges thereof return to this normal parallel relationship wlth each other, producing a baggy formation 7 extending from end to end and from side to side and reaching its maximum at the center or crotch section.

This same formation is produced when the protector is worn b the infant, as shown 1n Fig. 1 'a portion o the side edges 6 encircling the legs of the infant, giving a decided fullness and baggy formation.

The edges of the main body portion 2 are preferably reinforced by any desired means. This may be accomplished b means of a tape binding which is folde to cover the edges and then secured by stitching through the upper and lower fold of the tape and through the body of the garment, as shown in Fig. 2. At the ends 4 the stitching 5 serves to maintain the folds 3 and to fasten the reinforcing tape to the body 2.

The protector 1 is provided with tie strings 8 secured thereto, one at each corner of the garment, which are adapted to be tied to secure the protector about the waist of the infant. Another set of tie strings 9 are strings at the corner, in order to tighten the garment at the hips of the infant. The protector is worn as shown in Fig. 1, one end thereof forming the top of the garment at the front, while the other end forms the top of the garment at the rear.

Constructed in this manner the protector fulfills all the purposes desired in a garment of this character, and furthermore, is particularly adapted to be worn by very young infants, giving the `required freedom of movement of the limbs, affording ample ventilation for the nether garment at the crotch section and being extremely simple in construction.

It is' understood that the strings 9 not only serve to draw the longitudinal edges of the garment together at the hips but also cause a portion of the side edges to encircle the infants le A protector therefore is produced Whic having unbroken edges, is caused to encircle the infants legs and to be united at the sides of the infant.

Having described my invention I now claim:

1. An infants napkin protector comprising a body of waterproof material of substantially rectangular form, the body vbeing narrowestat the ends and widenin from the ends to the center thereof forming oppositely disposed and outwardly extending oval side edges when spread out in plan view and providing a baggy or hammock formation extending from end to end and side to side of the body when the opposite edges are parallel and all in a sin le plane, and means for uniting the lateral slde edges of the body or blank to secure the garment upon the body of the infant. v

2. An infants napkin protector comprising a body of water proof material of substantially rectangular form which is narrowest at its ends and widens from the ends to the center thereof when spread out in plan view forming oppositely curved and outwardly extending side edges providing a baggy formation between the ends and side edges thereof, and means for uniting the lateral side edges of the body to secure the garment upon the infant. A

FLORA M. SHAFER. 

